Shoe heel attachment



1933- J. J. VELING ET AL 7 ,044

SHOE HEEL ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 27, 1932 :[c/l I/EZ /12 g. El HET JyMA/5 Patented Oct. 17, 1933 UNITED STATES SHOE HEEL ATTACHMENT Jacob'J. Veling and Earl Heronymus,

Milwaukee, Wis. Application January 27, 1932. Serial 1 Claim.

Our invention refers to shoes, and it has for its object to provide a simple, economical and effective means for attaching a heel thereto without the aid of nails or screws, whereby a U heel can be quickly renewed or replaced.

The specific object of our invention is to provide means for attaching a heel embodying a pad plate adapted to be secured to the heel seat of the shoe, and a heel plate adapted to be secured to the base of the heel, the said plates being in sliding connection and having stop means for properly locating the heel and locking it in said location.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawing and subsequently claimed.

In the drawing:

tion of a shoe embodying the features of our invention, with parts broken away and in section, as indicated by line 1-1 of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a side elevation with parts in section, as indicated byline 22 of Figures 1 and 4. Figure 3 is a detail plan view of a pad plate embodying one of the features of our invention. Figure 4 is a plan view illustrating the base of a heel having attached thereto a heel plate embodying another element of the invention.

Referring by characters to the drawing, 1 represents the quarter of the shoe or slipper having a heel seat 2,to which is permanently secured by screws or nails a pad plate 3.. The pad plate 3 is provided with longitudinal tongued' edges 4-4 and terminates at its forward end in a spring shank 5 which forms a support for the instep of'the shoe. The pad plate is also provided with forwardly disposed locking apertures 6-6. As best shown in Figure 4, the base 7 of the heel 8 has permanently secured thereto a heel plate 9. The said heel plate is provided with a rearwardly disposed stop lug l0, and its longitudinal edges l111 are folded over to form grooves for sliding engagement with the tongued edges 44 of the pad plate. The heel plate is also provided with a forwardly extended spring tongue l2 having upturned locking lips 13--13. When it is desired to adjust a heel to the heel seat of the shoe, the tongued edges 4 of the pad plate are alined with the grooves 11 of the heel plate and said heel'is then pushed forwardly until the stop lug 3 comes in abutting the pad plate, whereby said heel engagement with the rear edge of the pad plate. Thus the heel is adjusted to its proper position, and when said heel reaches such position, the lips 13 of the spring-locking tonguesnap into the locking engagement with the apertures 6 of is thus locked in its correct position.

Figure 1 represents a fragmentary rear eleva- In the event that the heel is broken or worn, a new heel equipped with the heel plate is quickly adjusted in position, whereby said heel is renewed without the use ofnails or the like.

Furthermore, if it is desired to remove a heel and replace it by another for interchangeable ornamental purposes, a street heel for example can be quickly removed and an evening or ornamental heel couldbe substituted therefor.

'The above is accomplished by forming the heel 8 with a tool engaging slot 8, asbest shown in Figure 2, and this slot permits the insertion of a chisel, or other flat tool,funder the spring tongue 12, whereby it can be pried downwardly so that its locking lips 13 will be. unseated from engagement with the aperture 6. Thus the heel can be readily removed by sliding it backward.

While we have shown'the pad plate as preferably being provided with a shank supporting strip or element 5, obviously this supporting shank may be dispensed with in some instances,

if desired. Attention is also directed'to the fact thatyas shown in Figure 4 of the drawing, the spring-locking tongue is illustrated as being a separate part. attached to the heel plate, but,

in some instances, the heel plate-and tongue may be stamped from an integral blank.

While we have described in specific detail one means of carrying out our invention, it is understood that we mayvary the structural features of it within the scope of the claim as may be hereinafter interpreted by those skilled in the art. 7 e

We claim: i

In a device of the class described, the combination'with a heel seat of a shoe and a heel therefor, of means for detachably connecting the heel to the heel seat including a heel seat plate rigidly connected to the heel seat having longitudinally extending tongues formed on the side edges thereof and a pair of spaced keeper openings adjacent to the forward edge thereof, and an attaching plate rigidly secured to the heel having longitudinally extending guideways formed on the side edges of the attaching plate for receiving the tongues, a stop lug formed on the attaching plate for engagement with the heel seat plate when the tongues are fully received in said guideways, and resilient locking tongues formed on the forward edge of theattaching plate for engagement in said keeper openings when the stop lug abuts said heel seat plate, the heel having a tool receiving groove formed therein leading to said locking tongues whereby the same can be depressed.

. JACOB J.' VELING.

EARL HERQNYMUS. 

